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Regence Adds New, Diverse Talent to Board of Directors
PORTLAND, Ore. , June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Regence recently named several recognized business and community leaders to its Board of Directors, where they will help guide the company's strategic direction as it strives to transform health care.
Mark Adams, M.D. is affiliated with a specialty practice group inBremerton, Washington and is the immediate past chief of staff at Harrison Medical Center inBremerton. Dr. Adams has actively served his community in several other leadership roles. He is a past president of theWashington State Medical Association and has served on the boards of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, theWashington State Health Insurance Pool and the Washington Healthcare Forum. He currently serves on the boards of the Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center and the American Hospital Association. Dr. Adams earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Pennsylvania
Michael Koppel is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Nordstrom, Inc. Before joining Nordstrom, he held leadership positions in the retail industry at companies such as CML Group, Lids Corporation and May Department Stores. Koppel serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters ofKing County. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and has done graduate work at Trinity College.
Kathie Lindemann is senior vice president, store operations for Savers, Inc. inBellevue, Washington. Previously, she served as senior vice president for Starbucks Foodservice. While at Starbucks, Lindemann also held leadership roles in US Business Operations & Operations Services, International Operations, Store Development & Global Business Systems. In addition, Lindemann is on the board of IslandWood, an environmental education center onBainbridge Island. She is a graduate of the University ofSanta Clara.
About Regence
Regence is the largest health insurer in the Northwest / Intermountain Region, offering health, life and dental insurance. Regence serves nearly three million members as Regence BlueShield (inWashington), Regence BlueCross BlueShield ofOregon, Regence BlueCross BlueShield ofUtah and Regence BlueShield ofIdaho. Each health plan is a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Regence is committed to improving the health of our members and our communities, and to transforming our health care system. For more information, please visit www.regence.com.
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